Posting here as I'm hoping someone who has got through this stage can advise!
DD, 7 and in year 3, shared a room with her younger brother until she was 5. We separated them because my son really struggled with joint bedtimes and it became a nightmare to get them so sleep .
My son used to shout in DD's face at the crack of dawn, tickled her at night when trying to get to sleep.
For context our two daughters are in the converted attic, and me, DH and DS are on the floor below.
Since she got her own room bedtimes have been a struggle. She's regularly scared, can't get to sleep, has nightmares, night terrors, sleep walks.
We get 4-5 weeks when sleep is fine and then all hell breaks loose again for 8-10 weeks.
She now has white noise - which helped for two weeks and then back to square one.
The last week has been full on nightmares and sleep walking and has been sleeping in our bed.
I'm now planning to sleep on the trundle bed, so she gets used to sleeping in her own room again, hopefully dialling back the support she needs.
Two years into this and I'm wondering if we need professional help.
She's generally very emotional at the moment (just turned 7 in August) so not sure if that's part of it, plus the Egyptians topic at school has freaked her out.
Any advise or tips would be greatly appreciated!
Thought about swapping the rooms about but they had just been decorated in the way the kids want them (to try to get her to like her room). Plus we say to go get in our bed, but she literally won't sleep without one of us there in bed with her ( if we sit with her she won't sleep in case we leave).